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Whenever GIB is simulating what to bid, it assumes all further bids will be made exactly as the non-simulating database predicts (ie what basic robots would do). So it will think that there is a 0% chance its partner raises its bid to 4♠, even though its partner can simulate too and does bid 4♠.

One thing the democrats did to reduce the deficit which I thought was quite clever and should be uncontroversial was increasing the budget of the IRS. This apparently more than pays for itself by catching tax cheats, bringing in more revenue without raising taxes on anyone. Guess what funding Republicans want to cut as part of the debt limit deal! Somehow they want to protect tax cheats now! Maybe they are worried that the Trump audit will turn something up?

Personally I would have opened 1♠, which here might give South a problem if they are conservative enough not to venture a 1NT overcall with a singleton.

I think you misinterpreted the output of the calculator. The combos from one line to the next are not all of equal frequency and can't just be totaled, you have to look/use the percent column. For example, 4-1 hearts, 7-3 clubs there are 600 combos of these particular suits, but you have to look at the percentage column, it makes up 4.76 percent of hands. But 4-1 hearts, 6-4 clubs is 1050 combos making up 12.5% of hands. The latter combos are each worth more, because the first is multiplied by just the 4 ways to deal a singleton spade out of the 4 remaining, while the 2nd is multiplied by 6 ways to deal 2 spades. 1050/600 * 6/4 = 2.63 12.5% / 4.76% = 2.63 So my advice would be if you want to use that calculator to total based on the percentage column, not the combos column.